New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-23

above and to the front OF pis I IN Aoor
and fred he dropped heavily haygk TO toward Sns sSs
tndd t nls ac ~ 1t in fainting IT. The house
Reeper the little girl and the boy Charlie VINO ~as
now awake ana on the Spot sa p"siton and then
ri 'o' w. after "a T. vs wA'n 10 es sss
sa~T to srone the neighbors. DR.. Banks. who lives
near by was called in and soon after Df. Baowih,
another local ply sician arrived. Nothing coola
be done except to quiet ana sooIne .ne ahout
O'clock and careful examination was then mace
Roth the rector aud his wife were st,u acutely con
ss dS S sns %aa. da wound was found
the worse one thresteuing tetanns No astemp'
was made 10 remove OF ther bullet. and tho opera
ton IN each Gaze will be an chance that
ssitber Mr.. nor Ma Ward would die. p..~ooa
'Tha OSlies +, authority thor mann In N cssnsss1s
sr,hxss' . gsmison lie has taken steps as yet to
nave the rector taken into custody. ne tSa Cor,
has been far kept ont OF tS0 are both Of
Cpes' DIE. Sol od Protective Association and
ss such have police aua,Iisatl0ns Statement
took q sort Of ans tenn Mrs Ward
which viii be need in case OF criminal ~ he
Mrs Ward told substantially the same stctg "
shooting given above sne ss oos s in the habit Of
name stimnlants There had not been the slign.es.
rippie In then domestic affairs before mere VIZ
MI l..
H. Ward had been extremely irritable and she Gid
not know 10 treat him i'll his bad moments sue
had never lived with a nervous. excitaoIe pefsun
before Sometimes he would change ns 'h,nu ,ou 90
f;,nes in fifteen inmates MrA Ward ts woman oI
forty years perhaps, slight and short and delicste
in health The effect OF so violent shocE On "ei
svsiem makes her recovery still more douptiuI a,
'Sr rnrrie said Yesterday that he had known MT;
Ward for nearly two years and had always found
him an agreeable aud attraetiye man tie hSd hH,
cenIS not D have dated further back than ten
days lie could account for the s h% nailsS At
by temporary insanity. Mr.. Ward nsd eaileu az a.
want had noticed that he acted peculiarly then re
ssksd three times what DIR. Cnrr'es office n1nas
were and made the servant repeat ioS u .mS his
1920 had slipped around nnder his ear he ser
want girl mentioned tho fact on the doctor t
from New York and be had 6aa tbs rector a.'
Mr. Ward the doctor continued Qua not to$s c tha
sc,onsness after he shot himself. he SAID an 'n"
nsornng that he had only vague H ,a0 done Bnt he
i II He 'i had acted through it al al
like nan in dream nke soh', Hxss ON old one
which was kept at the parsonage ior t luh ~
Mr. Ward had refused the assistant =, hp an
astuaI pastor. He declined the call to the bnnaio
Church. at salary of $4,000 q year,
on account Of the harsh winds ,rSis0 'rS far
his throat. The bullets would probably be pr1oed
for and taken ont if possible to-day Nothing
would be done officially about the at'emp,Su hs
der and suicide until the fate OF the patients "'-
came more certain. ~, hrrob
One OF the prominent vestrymen OF the cnuicn
SAID that one who knew w ,s sa' done nsc aSe
sSnot;no in a sane condition. His lite with his
present wife had been of unbroken sInoothness'
ss far as anyone could see and his httle danghter
Bessie had always been his especial ne. sno anah
lite His trying to kill either his wife or ms aausn
ter must have been piece of pure frenzy:
The rectors trouble with insomnia ADDED tne
a tI,Aa Sesnondent of late the loss 81
some monoy 10 Florida. He had invested several
Thousand dollars in Florida property during m.s
m,ssion work there Tho rates Of insurance were
60 high that the owners near by JOINED with h'm ID
a mutual insurance plan, and disastrous hre re-
Gently had carried away not only all ms own in-
proyements, but the bulk OF the company Capital